![]() National Museum officials pack and crate eight statues to be sent to the US for an exhibition, on Tuesday. He said that beginning in 1996, the National Museum had loaned many Cambodian antiquities such as sculptures to expositions all over the world from South America, the US, Europe and Australia to countries in the region like Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. ![]() All of the antiquities are from the National Museum. He said the Cleveland Museum of Art agreed to contribute a portion of the proceeds from the exhibition to the culture ministry to spend on national heritage preservation, and the statues will be returned to Cambodia once the exhibition has ended.Īccording to Visoth, the eight pre-Angkorian antiquities include a Vishnu Linga from Angkor Borei Museum in Takeo province along with another depiction of Vishnu Durga Tevi Balarama and two pieces related to Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan along with a pedestal. It is not an international expo with the participation of other parties,” National Museum director Chhay Visoth told The Post on October 21. “This exhibition is a cooperative effort between the National Museum of Cambodia and the Cleveland Museum of Art in the US. ![]() ![]() The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts is carefully packing and crating eight pre-Angkorian antiquities from the National Museum to send to the US state of Ohio for an exhibition titled Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain at the Cleveland Museum of Art. ![]()
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